Introduction
In this article I will discuss about Visual Studio shortcut keys.
Description:
You are familiar with many of Visual Studio's shortcut keys, but not all of them. Here is a handy reference that can make your .NET lifestyle easier and a lot more productive. The 'must-know' shortcut keys are highlighted.
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In this article I will discuss about Visual Studio shortcut keys.
Description:
You are familiar with many of Visual Studio's shortcut keys, but not all of them. Here is a handy reference that can make your .NET lifestyle easier and a lot more productive. The 'must-know' shortcut keys are highlighted.
General
| Shortcut | Description |
| Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete | Cuts the currently selected item to the clipboard |
| Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert | Copies the currently selected item to the clipboard |
| Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert | Pastes the item in the clipboard at the cursor |
| Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace | Undo previous editing action |
| Ctrl-Y or Ctrl-Shift-Z | Redo the previous undo action |
| Ctrl-Shift-V or Ctrl-Shift-Insert | Pastes an item from the clipboard ring tab of the Toolbox at the cursor in the file and automatically selects the pasted item. Cycle through the items on the clipboard by pressing the shortcut keys repeatedly |
| Esc | Closes a menu or dialog, cancels an operation in progress, or places focus in the current document window |
| Ctrl-S | Saves the selected files in the current project (usually the file that is being edited) |
| Ctrl-Shift-S | Saves all documents and projects |
| Ctrl-P | Displays the Print dialog |
| F7 | Switches from the design view to the code view in the editor |
| Shift-F7 | Switches from the code view to the design view in the editor |
| F8 | Moves the cursor to the next item, for example in the TaskList window or Find Results window |
| Shift-F8 | Moves the cursor to the previous item, for example in the TaskList window or Find Results window |
| Shift-F12 | Finds a reference to the selected item or the item under the cursor |
| Ctrl-Shift-G | Opens the file whose name is under the cursor or is currently selected |
| Ctrl-/ | Switches focus to the Find/Command box on the Standard toolbar |
| Ctrl-Shift-F12 | Moves to the next task in the TaskList window |
| Ctrl-Shift-8 | Moves backward in the browse history. Available in the object browser or Class View window |
| Alt-Left Arrow | Go back in the web browser history |
| Alt-Right Arrow | Go forward in the web browser history |
Text navigation
| Shortcut | Description |
| Left Arrow | Moves the cursor one character to the left |
| Right Arrow | Moves the cursor one character to the right |
| Down Arrow | Moves the cursor down one line |
| Up Arrow | Moves the cursor up one line |
| Page Down | Scrolls down one screen in the editor window |
| Page Up | Scrolls up one screen in the editor window |
| End | Moves the cursor to the end of the current line |
| Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. If you press Home when the cursor is already at the start of the line, it will toggle the cursor between the first non-whitespace character and the real start of the line |
| Ctrl-End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document |
| Ctrl-Home | Moves the cursor to the start of the document |
| Ctrl-G | Displays the Go to Line dialog. If the debugger is running, the dialog also lets you specify addresses or function names to go to |
| Ctrl-] | Moves the cursor to the matching brace in the document. If the cursor is on an opening brace, this will move to the corresponding closing brace and vice versa |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-N | Moves to the next bookmark in the document |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-P | Moves to the previous bookmark |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-I | Displays Quick Info, based on the current language |
| Ctrl-Down Arrow | Scrolls text down one line but does not move the cursor. This is useful for scrolling more text into view without losing your place. Available only in text editors |
| Ctrl-Up Arrow | Scrolls text up one line but does not move the cursor. Available only in text editors |
| Ctrl-Right Arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the right |
| Ctrl-Left Arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the left |
| Ctrl-Shift-1 | Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the object browser and Class View window. Also available in source editing windows if you have already used the Edit.GoToReference (Shift-F12) shortcut |
| Ctrl-Shift-2 | Navigates to the previous definition, declaration, or reference of an item |
Text manipulation
| Shortcut | Description |
| Enter | Inserts a new line |
| Delete | Deletes one character to the right of the cursor |
| Insert | Toggles between insert and overtype insertion modes |
| Tab | Indents the currently selected line or lines by one tab stop. If there is no selection, this inserts a tab stop |
| Shift-Tab | Moves current line or selected lines one tab stop to the left |
| Backspace or Shift-Backspace | Deletes one character to the left of the cursor |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-C | Marks the current line or selected lines of code as a comment, using the correct comment syntax for the programming language |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-U | Removes the comment syntax from the current line or currently selected lines of code |
| Ctrl-T or Shift-Enter | Swaps the characters on either side of the cursor. (For example, AC|BD becomes AB|CD.) Available only in text editors |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-L | Removes all unnamed bookmarks in the current document |
| Ctrl-M, Ctrl-O | Automatically determines logical boundaries for creating regions in code, such as procedures, and then hides them. This collapses all such regions in the current document |
| Alt-Right Arrow or Ctrl-Spacebar | Displays statement completion based on the current language or autocompletes word if existing text unambiguously identifies a single symbol |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-\ | Removes horizontal whitespace in the selection or deletes whitespace adjacent to the cursor if there is no selection |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-F | Applies the indenting and space formatting for the language as specified on the Formatting pane of the language in the Text Editor section of the Options dialog to the selected text. |
| Ctrl-L | Cuts all selected lines or the current line if nothing has been selected to the clipboard |
| Ctrl-Shift-L | Deletes all selected lines or the current line if no selection has been made |
| Ctrl-Enter | Inserts a blank line above the cursor |
| Ctrl-Shift-Enter | Inserts a blank line below the cursor |
| Shift-Alt-T | Moves the line containing the cursor below the next line |
| Ctrl-J | Lists members for statement completion when editing code |
| Ctrl-U | Changes the selected text to lowercase characters |
| Ctrl-Shift-U | Changes the selected text to uppercase characters |
| Ctrl-Shift-Spacebar | Displays a tooltip that contains information for the current parameter, based on the current language |
| Ctrl-M, Ctrl-U | Removes the outlining information for the currently selected region |
| Ctrl-M, Ctrl-P | Removes all outlining information from the entire document |
| Ctrl-R, Ctrl-P | Swaps the anchor and endpoint of the current selection |
| Ctrl-M, Ctrl-L | Toggles all previously marked hidden text sections between hidden and display states |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-K | Sets or removes a bookmark at the current line |
| Ctrl-M, Ctrl-M | Toggles the currently selected hidden text section or the section containing the cursor if there is no selection between the hidden and display states |
| Ctrl-K, Ctrl-H | Sets or removes a shortcut in the tasklist to the current line |
| Ctrl-R, Ctrl-R | Enables or disables word wrap in an editor |
| Ctrl-R, Ctrl-W | Shows or hides spaces and tab marks |
| Ctrl-Delete | Deletes the word to the right of the cursor |
| Ctrl-Backspace | Deletes the word to the left of the cursor |
| Ctrl-Shift-T | Transposes the two words that follow the cursor. (For example, |End Sub would be changed to read Sub End|.) |
| Ctrl-.[dot] | Display options on smarttag menu. Very useful for showing using/Imports options. |
Text selection
| Shortcut | Description |
| Shift-Left Arrow | Moves the cursor to the left one character, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-Left Arrow | Moves the cursor to the left one character, extending the column selection |
| Shift-Right Arrow | Moves the cursor to the right one character, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-Right Arrow | Moves the cursor to the right one character, extending the column selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document, extending the selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-Home | Moves the cursor to the start of the document, extending the selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-] | Moves the cursor to the next brace, extending the selection |
| Shift-Down Arrow | Moves the cursor down one line, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-Down Arrow | Moves the cursor down one line, extending the column selection |
| Shift-End | Moves the cursor to the end of the current line, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-End | Moves the cursor to the end of the line, extending the column selection |
| Shift-Home | Moves the cursor to the start of the line, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-Home | Moves the cursor to the start of the line, extending the column selection |
| Shift-Up Arrow | Moves the cursor up one line, extending the selection |
| Shift-Alt-Up Arrow | Moves the cursor up one line, extending the column selection |
| Shift-Page Down | Extends selection down one page |
| Shift-Page Up | Extends selection up one page |
| Ctrl-A | Selects everything in the current document |
| Ctrl-W | Selects the word containing the cursor or the word to the right of the cursor |
| Ctrl-= | Selects from the current location in the editor back to the previous location in the navigation history |
| Ctrl-Shift-Page Down | Moves the cursor to the last line in view, extending the selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-Page Up | Moves the cursor to the top of the current window, extending the selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Right Arrow | Moves the cursor to the right one word, extending the column selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the left, extending the selection |
| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Left Arrow | Moves the cursor to the left one word, extending the |
Project related
| Shortcut | Description |
| Ctrl-Shift-B | Builds the solution |
| Ctrl-N | Displays the New File dialog. Note: files created this way are not associated with a project. Use Ctrl-Shift-A to add a new file in a project |
| Ctrl-Shift-N | Displays the New Project dialog |
| Ctrl-O | Displays the Open File dialog |
| Ctrl-Shift-O | Displays the Open Project dialog |
| Shift-Alt-A | Displays the Add Existing Item dialog |
| Ctrl-Shift-A | Displays the Add New Item dialog |
| Ctrl-Alt-Insert | Allows you to override base class methods in a derived class when an overridable method is highlighted in the Class View pane |
Window manipulation
| Shortcut | Description |
| Shift-Alt-Enter | Toggles full screen mode |
| Ctrl-+ | Goes back to the previous location in the navigation history. (For example, if you press Ctrl-Home to go to the start of a document, this shortcut will take the cursor back to wherever it was before you pressed Ctrl-Home.) |
| Ctrl-Shift-+ | Moves forward in the navigation history. This is effectively an undo for the View.NavigateBackward operation |
| Ctrl-F4 | Closes the current MDI child window |
| Shift-Esc | Closes the current tool window |
| Ctrl-F2 | Moves the cursor to the navigation bar at the top of a code view |
| Ctrl-Tab | Cycles through the MDI child windows one window at a time |
| Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Moves to the previous MDI child window |
| Alt-F6, Ctrl-Shift-F6 | Moves to the next tool window |
| Shift-Alt-F6 | Moves to the previously selected window |
| F6 | Moves to the next pane of a split pane view of a single document |
| Shift-F6 | Moves to the previous pane of a document in split pane view |
| Ctrl-Pagedown | Moves to the next tab in the document or window (e.g., you can use this to switch the HTML editor from its design view to its HTML view |
| Ctrl-PageUp | Moves to the previous tab in the document or window |
Control editor (designer)
| Shortcut | Description |
| Ctrl-Down Arrow | Moves the selected control down in increments of one on the design surface |
Down Arrow | Moves the selected control down to the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Left Arrow | Moves the control to the left in increments of one on the design surface |
| Left Arrow | Moves the control to the left to the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Right Arrow | Moves the control to the right in increments of one on the design surface |
| Right Arrow | Moves the control to the right into the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Up Arrow | Moves the control up in increments of one on the design surface |
| Up Arrow | Moves the control up into the next grid position on the design surface |
| Tab | Moves to the next control in the tab order |
| Shift-Tab | Moves to the previous control in the tab order |
| Ctrl-Shift-Down Arrow | Increases the height of the control in increments of one on the design surface |
| Shift-Down Arrow | Increases the height of the control to the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow | Reduces the width of the control in increments of one on the design surface |
| Shift-Left Arrow | Reduces the width of the control to the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Shift-Right Arrow | Increases the width of the control in increments of one on the design surface |
| Shift-Left Arrow | Increases the width of the control to the next grid position on the design surface |
| Ctrl-Shift-Up Arrow | Decreases the height of the control in increments of one on the design surface |
| Shift-Up Arrow | Decreases the height of the control to the next grid position on the design surface |
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